BILL NUMBER: AB 1452	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to air pollution.   An act
to add Section 38600 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air
pollution. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1452, as amended, Skinner. State Air Resources Board: cement.
   Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,
requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt a statewide
greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse
gas emission level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt
rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the
maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas
emission reductions. Existing law designates the state board as the
state agency responsible for the preparation of the state
implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act, and
requires the state board to coordinate the activities of local air
districts to comply with the act. 
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the State Air Resources Board to promulgate
procurement standards for cement in order to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and particulate matter emissions resulting from its
production and transport.  
   This bill would require the state board, by January 1, 2011, to
develop and adopt limitations on greenhouse gas emissions that result
from the production of all cement sold in the state. The bill would
require the limitations to apply to cement manufactured in the state
and outside of the state. The bill would require the state board to
include the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the
transportation and delivery of all cement sold within the state when
calculating the limitations. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 38600 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   38600.  (a) The State Air Resources Board shall, on or before
January 1, 2011, develop and adopt limitations on greenhouse gas
emissions resulting from the production of all cement sold in the
state. The limitations shall be applicable to cement that is
manufactured outside of or within the state for sale in California.
In calculating the limitations, the state board shall include all
greenhouse gas emissions that result from the transportation of the
cement to the state as well as the emissions that result from
delivery within the state. The limitations shall apply uniformly to
all cement sold within the state whether produced in the state or
elsewhere.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "cement" means a building
material that is produced by heating mixtures of limestone and other
minerals or additives at high temperatures in a rotary kiln to form
clinker, followed by cooling and grinding with blended additives.
Finished cement is a powder used with water, sand, and gravel to make
concrete and mortar.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "clinker" means the mass of
fused material produced in a cement kiln from which finished cement
is manufactured by milling and grinding.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to require the State Air Resources Board to
promulgate procurement standards for cement in order to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter emissions resulting
from the production and transport of cement.